#fukuyu

December 18th, 2025: Double congratulations are in order for a double erikae! Fukuyū (ふく侑) and Fukunagi (ふく凪) of Shigemori (しげ森) in Miyagawa Cho are celebrating their change from maiko to geiko! Both were the most senior maiko in their district with over five years of experience and are standouts for their popularity. Both Fukuyū and Fukunagi look absolutely stunning and double erikae, especially from the same okiya, remain quite rare, so it's a very joyous time for Kyoto! Fukuyū's outfit features butterflies over blue waves while Fukunagi's outfit features fans and pine with golden haze. Both women are wearing golden karabana obi ^^ おめでとうさんどすふく侑さんとふく凪さん ^o^! Image is courtesy of Nakamoto-san.

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February 27th, 2020: A busy day across two kagai as we witness the birth of two new maiko and a geiko! Koeri (小衿) of Hiroshimaya (廣島屋) in Gion Kobu celebrated her erikae! She is the first imōto of geiko Koyō (小耀) to do so and looks so mature in her new role! From Nishimura (西村) came Yoriko (依子), the newest imōto of popular geiko Makiko (槇子), who will be performing in the Miyako Odori in April! Finally, over in Miyagawa Cho we have Fukuyū (ふく侑) of Shigemori (しげ森), the first of three maiko to debut from that okiya in the coming month! おめでとうさんどす小衿さん、依子ちゃん、とふく侑ちゃん ^o^! Images are courtesy of Kazuweb, Hide-san, and My Kyoto Photo.

January 16th, 2020: The newest Shigemori minarai has finally made her debut! Her geimei is Fukuyū (ふく侑) and she is the imōto of Fukuchō! Her misedashi will be taking place in February and will be the first debut from Miyagawa Cho in the new decade ^^ Images are courtesy of Shigemori Okiya and Ochaya.

Kyo Odori 2009: maiko Miyofuku and Fukuyu, both now retired by Kofuji on Flickr

Toshiyui and Fukuyu dancing Harusame by ONIHIDE on Flickr

Fukuyu is now a retired geiko.

Fukuyu by STEPHANE BARBERY on Flickr